O Lord, (A)you have deceived me,
    and I was deceived;
(B)you are stronger than I,
    and you have prevailed.
(C)I have become a laughingstock all the day;
    everyone mocks me.

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](A) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks(D) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded

14 (A)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
    (B)the object of their taunts all day long.

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14 I became the laughingstock(A) of all my people;(B)
    they mock me in song(C) all day long.

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(A)The days of punishment have come;
    the days of recompense have come;
    Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
    the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
    and great hatred.

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The days of punishment(A) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
    the inspired person a maniac.(E)

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14 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (B)hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

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14 The Spirit(A) then lifted me up(B) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(C) on me.

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If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(A)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (B)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.

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For (A)zeal for your house has consumed me,
    and (B)the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.
11 When I made (C)sackcloth my clothing,
    I became (D)a byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who (E)sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make (F)songs about me.

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  1. Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled

for zeal for your house consumes me,(A)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(B)
10 When I weep and fast,(C)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(D)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(E) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(F)

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But I am (A)a worm and not a man,
    (B)scorned by mankind and (C)despised by the people.
All who see me (D)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they (E)wag their heads;

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But I am a worm(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(B) despised(C) by the people.
All who see me mock me;(D)
    they hurl insults,(E) shaking their heads.(F)

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36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (A)chains and imprisonment.

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36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(A) and even chains and imprisonment.(B)

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Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

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Or is it only I and Barnabas(A) who lack the right to not work for a living?

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For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (A)like men sentenced to death, because we (B)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (C)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (D)you are wise in Christ. (E)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (F)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (G)buffeted and (H)homeless, 12 and we (I)labor, working with our own hands. (J)When reviled, we bless; (K)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (L)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (M)the refuse of all things.

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For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(A) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(B) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ,(C) but you are so wise in Christ!(D) We are weak, but you are strong!(E) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(F) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(G) When we are cursed, we bless;(H) when we are persecuted,(I) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(J) of the world—right up to this moment.

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32 Now when they heard of (A)the resurrection of the dead, (B)some mocked. But others said, (C)“We will hear you again about this.”

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32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(A) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

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18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, (A)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because (B)he was preaching (C)Jesus and the resurrection.

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18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(A) about Jesus and the resurrection.(B)

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35 And (A)the people stood by, watching, (B)but (C)the rulers (D)scoffed at him, saying, (E)“He saved others; (F)let him save himself, (G)if he is (H)the Christ of God, (I)his Chosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and (J)offering him sour wine

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35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.(A) They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”(B)

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him.(C) They offered him wine vinegar(D)

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